Around noon ET, Paisley Park updated their FB page with the following:

Exciting announcement happening 2day.... soon... stay tuned!

#PurpleAlert #PaisleyPark #PurpleArmy

Hmmmmm....

I have never paid $999 for the Prince celebrations when he was alive. I'm not sure that he would want us to be celebrating the day he died. Most of us already did the tributes and have seen many of the acts that are performing, so they better come up with something else, i.e., viewing of the entirety of the January 21st shows or this won't be well received.

Too rich for my blood.

donnyenglish said:

rogifan said:

donnyenglish said:

I have never paid $999 for the Prince celebrations when he was alive. I'm not sure that he would want us to be celebrating the day he died. Most of us already did the tributes and have seen many of the acts that are performing, so they better come up with something else, i.e., viewing of the entirety of the January 21st shows or this won't be well received.

Well he didn't celebrate birthdays so I guess then they'd have to pick a random date? No matter what they do some will not agree and/or will think it's a rip-off, something Prince would never have done, etc. That will happen every time the Estate does anything.

A random date would be infinitely better than the first anniversary of his death.

rogifan said:

donnyenglish said:

I have never paid $999 for the Prince celebrations when he was alive. I'm not sure that he would want us to be celebrating the day he died. Most of us already did the tributes and have seen many of the acts that are performing, so they better come up with something else, i.e., viewing of the entirety of the January 21st shows or this won't be well received.

Well he didn't celebrate birthdays so I guess then they'd have to pick a random date? No matter what they do some will not agree and/or will think it's a rip-off, something Prince would never have done, etc. That will happen every time the Estate does anything.

That is true. They are not going to make everyone happy. I can tell you that $999 sounds like a shake down to me regardless of the date or content. $499 is a shakedown too.

[Edited 11/28/16 10:30am]

The $999 seems high to me. I have no desire to meet anyone - only did one meet & greet in my life and it was a disaster. I think they are testing the market . How many people will jump at the offerings. Remember - the talent has to be paid, the overhead has to be made ... It didn't mention the family, did it? Or did I miss that? If I lived near Minnesota, I might splurge on this, but ...

donnyenglish said:

1Sasha said:

rogifan said:

Well he didn't celebrate birthdays so I guess then they'd have to pick a random date? No matter what they do some will not agree and/or will think it's a rip-off, something Prince would never have done, etc. That will happen every time the Estate does anything.

Well, we know that's not totally true because the Celebrations alone were built around the week of his birthday.

As far as the pricing - waaay too much.

Rogifan, they might. Recently, Bruno Mars was here and the ticket a good floor seat (not the highest price) was $600. Stevie Nicks in the same section was $300. I don't know how they can come down from the $499 since that has the best two parts of the celebration offered in both packages.

PAISLEY

PARK

is

in

my

heart !

and I will save my money !!

1Sasha said:

donnyenglish said:

I have never paid $999 for the Prince celebrations when he was alive. I'm not sure that he would want us to be celebrating the day he died. Most of us already did the tributes and have seen many of the acts that are performing, so they better come up with something else, i.e., viewing of the entirety of the January 21st shows or this won't be well received.

Here we go

The price is a little steep..does not include any travel, especially if you want to travel with friends..what about us regular folks?...scholarship or contest perhaps? I'll have to think about it.

This is WAYYYY too pricey for me seeing I just dropped a bunch of $$ to attend the tribute in October If they offered tickets for individual events I would consider it, but I'm not ready to spend that type of $$ again anytime soon...I guess I'll have to find something local to do with myself or just stay home and have a good cry

Arabia said:

rogifan said:

Arabia said:

This is WAYYYY too pricey for me seeing I just dropped a bunch of $$ to attend the tribute in October If they offered tickets for individual events I would consider it, but I'm not ready to spend that type of $$ again anytime soon...I guess I'll have to find something local to do with myself or just stay home and have a good cry

Press release says "Individual day passes are not available at this time." so there is hope they may be offered once the 4-day passes (which the press release says are in limited supply) sell out.

Or don't sell out - which is the more likely scenario.

I'm not bothered by the price, but I'd much rather they did this the week of June 7th instead of the week of April 21st. Maybe they'll do both?

Money grabbers!

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This isn't for the fans!.

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Prince's estate is making it embarrassing to be a fan.

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ldmendes said:

The price is a little steep..does not include any travel, especially if you want to travel with friends..what about us regular folks?...scholarship or contest perhaps? I'll have to think about it.

scholarship we'll need one soon at this rate

alandail said:

I'm not bothered by the price, but I'd much rather they did this the week of June 7th instead of the week of April 21st. Maybe they'll do both?

Prince had fans all over the world. People will come out to this and I can't get away to go but I wish those they do go a good time. I don't go around trashing stuff I can't afford or get to.

No thanks.

Genesia said: